Genetic and family studies in psychiatric illness and alcohol and drug dependence.

doi:10.1300/J069v12n03_03

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Genetic and family studies in psychiatric illness and alcohol and drug dependence.

Journal of addictive diseases - 1 Jan 1993

Dinwiddie S H, Reich T

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The high prevalence of comorbid psychiatric disorders among patients with substance dependence both confuses diagnosis and complicates treatment. One way of separating substance dependence and comorbid conditions is to use the family, rather than the individual, as the unit of study. Results from...

Topics

Alcoholism
Alleles
Biomarkers
Comorbidity
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Family
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders
Receptors, Dopamine D2
Substance-Related Disorders

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